WASHINGTON – Saint Joseph's senior lefthander Cole Fehrman and sophomore catcher Blake Primrose were named the Atlantic 10 Baseball Pitcher and Co-Player of the Week, respectively, the league office announced on Monday afternoon.
 
Fehrman retired the first nine St. Bonaventure hitters of the game and later sent down the last 10 batters he faced as the Hawks blanked the Bonnies, 3-0, on Saturday afternoon.  All told, the Doylestown, Pennsylvania, product allowed two hits and struck out 13 without issuing a walk in eight shutout innings; the 13 strikeouts are the most in a game by a pitcher in the Atlantic 10 this season.
 
Primrose recorded multiple hits in all four games last week, posting a .643 batting average and upping that number to .700 during the three-game sweep of St. Bonaventure.  The Pittsburgh, Pa., native and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's National Hitter of the Month for April got his May off to a pretty good start with three home runs – including his school-record 20th of the season – during the weekend series to go with eight runs scored and nine RBI against the Bonnies.  He also set a new single-season program record for the most runs scored in a season after a four-run showing on Sunday.
 
The duo's efforts helped lead the Hawks to clinching the Atlantic 10 regular season championship on Sunday afternoon; it is the second regular season title in program history and the second in four seasons after the Hawks claimed the crown in 2023.
 
Saint Joseph's hosts VCU this week for a three-game series before wrapping up the regular season at Rhode Island next week.